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New at the Library

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Non-fiction Budde, Mariann Edgar. How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith [248.86 BUD] Damour, Lisa, PhD. Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood [649.125 DAM] Dolin, Eric Jay. Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates [910.45 DOL] Egholm, Frank. The Danish Art of Whittling: Simple Projects for the Home [736.4 EGH] Irving, Niki. Growing Flowers: Everything You Need to Know About Planting, Tending, Harvesting and Arranging ...

Regional Calendar

The Independent calendar lists upcoming meetings, facility hours and events in and around Marshall. To have your group’s events listed, email the information to news@marshallindependent.com or submit the information to our virtual newsroom. Today Household Hazardous Waste Facility open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Public Works Building, Marshall. SW MN Arts Council Gallery 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m., 509 West Main Street, Marshall. Lyon County Museum 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 301 W. Lyon St., Marshall. Marshall-Lyon County Library hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., 201 C St. MAFAC Arts Center and Gift Shop ...

Ankrum wins nationwide scholarship

Six electrical engineering students at South Dakota State University are among 244 students nationwide to have been selected for a prestigious scholarship in the power and energy field. Students selected to receive the Power and Energy Society Scholarship Plus Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are described as “high achievers with strong GPAs with distinctive extracurricular commitments and are committed to exploring the power and energy field.” The awards are for $3,000, except three-time recipients receive $4,000. The IEEE is the world’s largest ...

Weighing the benefits of laparoscopic surgery for hernias

Dear Dr. Roach I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and both surgeons recommend taking care of the condition at the earliest convenience. The surgeon who specializes in robotic surgery recommends laparoscopic surgery with three small incisions. He also recommends surgery on the left side because he detects a weakness; he says if you have a hernia on one side, you are likely to get one on the other. Another surgeon recommends open surgery due to the size of the hernia and flatly states that the left side does ...

A note on coping with bullies and hardships

Dear Annie: This letter describes my life experiences with bullies and how I managed to succeed. I was a scrawny, pimple-faced little kid growing up, had a weak voice, got fists shaken in my face while being held to the ground several times, was held underwater in swimming class and nearly drowned, was mocked for not having a girlfriend until my early 20s and was always the last person to be picked for a team in gym class. Living through all that, I never wanted anything to do with sports or extracurricular activities. Much of the mockery came from the sports jocks and guys bigger than ...

Figuring out why linens grey

Dear Heloise: My mother always complained that her first daughter-in-law, Sally, did not know how to do laundry. Her dish towels were always dingy. Ma called them “battleship grey.” This was 50 years ago. Now, after a few decades of married life myself, I know how this dull color came about. It was not Sally who caused the problem. It was my brother, Louie. Instead of putting used and damp dish towels into the laundry basket, he would hang them up to dry. The dried-out towel would be used day after day. The grime from day one would be compounded by multiday use until Sally had ...